Articles by Doug Stolhand

CHICAGO – No breather for the Chicago Blackhawks, just another home victory.Chicago got an unassisted goal from Patrick Kane early in the game, built a three-goal lead and held to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 on Friday night

BUFFALO, N.Y. – In a matchup between two of the best goalies in the NHL, Ryan Miller didn’t blink.Jason Pominville scored the winner in the fourth round of the shootout, and Miller made 25 saves to help the Buffalo Sabres beat Calgary 2-1 on Friday night, snapping the Flames’ winning streak at four games

WINNIPEG – Manitoba Moose head coach Scott Arniel was happy to see his team do some rare moves Friday night – like raising their arms after a goal

PEORIA, Ill. – Jason Jaffray scored twice as the Abbotsford Heat hammered the Peoria Rivermen 6-0 in American Hockey League action Friday.Peter Vandermeer, David Van der Gulik, Colin Stuart and John Negrin also scored for the Heat who improved to 9-6-3 despite only going 1-for-9 with the man advantage

ATLANTA – If Ilya Kovalchuk plays this well with a gimpy right foot, how much better will he perform when he’s 100 per cent?Kovalchuk hardly seems to care

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Rick Nash and the Columbus Blue Jackets put a blowout loss behind them in a hurry.Nash scored the winning shootout goal and also had a goal in regulation, and Mathieu Garon stopped both Anaheim shooters in the tiebreaker to give Columbus a 3-2 victory Friday night

WASHINGTON – Washington Capitals right wing Mike Knuble has a broken finger and will be sidelined three to four weeks.Knuble was injured on a power play in the first period of Friday night’s 3-1 victory over the Minnesota Wild

RALEIGH, N.C. – Questionable before the game because of swine flu, Kyle Okposo felt just fine afterward.The New York winger snapped a shot past Carolina netminder Manny Legace at 4:45 of overtime to give the Islanders a 4-3 victory over the Hurricanes on Friday night

WASHINGTON – Just as Alex Ovechkin is about to return, Mike Knuble breaks a finger and will be sidelined three to four weeks.Time for a pity party for the Washington Capitals? Of course not

TORONTO – Mike Murphy, the NHL’s vice-president of operations, revealed Friday he has cancer.The 59-year-old told a Toronto sports radio station he was diagnosed six weeks ago with Hodgkin’s lymphoma

COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Columbus Blue Jackets have activated forward Kristian Huselius and placed forward Raffi Torres on the injured list.General manager Scott Howson announced the moves on Friday

OTTAWA – It just wouldn’t be a season for the Ottawa Senators without the requisite questions being raised over the reliability of the team’s goaltending

GLENDALE, Ariz. – The Phoenix Coyotes are still here.

Not only that, they got off to the third-best start in franchise history.

So where have all the fans gone? The players are beginning to wonder

DENVER – Joe Sakic and Mike Shanahan are among a half dozen sports personalities selected for the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame.Sakic, the recently retired Colorado Avalanche captain, will be among the inductees at a banquet on April 20

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Stephane Robidas was surprised when Dallas coach Marc Crawford called his name for the shootout. The defenceman had never attempted a penalty shot during the regular season

GLENDALE, Ariz. – The Montreal Canadiens finally got their power play rolling.

Marc-Andre Bergeron and Glen Metropolit scored 1:02 apart in the third period, the second goal on the power play, and Carey Price made 18 saves in the Canadiens’ 4-2 victory over the Phoenix Coyotes on Thursday night

MILWAUKEE – Triston Grant scored and goal and an assist and Mark Dekanich made 22 saves as the Milwaukee Admirals downed the Abbotsford Heat 4-1 in AHL action Thursday night

GLENDALE, Ariz. – NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and deputy Bill Daly will meet with Glendale officials Monday to discuss the Phoenix Coyotes’ arena lease and other issues related to the sale of the team

TAMPA, Fla. – Tampa Bay coach Rick Tocchet hopes his team learned an important lesson.Ryan Malone tied it with 14.7 seconds left in regulation, and Vincent Lecavalier and Steven Stamkos scored in the shootout to give the Lightning a 4-3 comeback win over the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night

ST. LOUIS – Jordin Tootoo never saw his winning goal go in. His Nashville teammates’ reaction told the story.Tootoo scored on a wrist shot with 3:43 left to give the Predators a 3-1 victory over the St